While the two inquirers, on that first Monday in 1846, were making
closets for themselves with the sticks of wood in the cellar, some
of Miss Lyon's pupils distinctly remember how she said to them that
morning, "We must pray more for Miss Fiske and her school." They did
so; and they remember, too, how the good news of the revival cheered
them, when it came.
The earliest indication of interest, in 1847, was on the first
Monday in January; and letters afterwards told of special prayer for
the school offered that day in South Hadley. Almost every letter
written during the winter of 1849 contained similar information. The
revival of 1856 came suddenly and unexpectedly; but when, on the
night of February 17th, one of the praying pupils could not sleep,
because, as she said, "the whole school was resting on her," and at
midnight went to her teacher to ask her help in prayer, subsequent
letters from America showed, that on that night she wrestled not
alone. In 1857, the first inquiry for the way of life was on the
last Thursday in February, the day of prayer for institutions of
learning. Miss Fiske returned from the February concert of prayer,
in 1858, feeling depressed on account of the want of interest in the
school, and in half an hour was called to see two of her pupils, who
felt that they could not remain the enemies of God.
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